[HPforGrownups] Death Eaters fom a political angle

[lil.magill at adelphia.net]

No: HPFGUIDX 160890


---- minerva_523 <minerva_523 at yahoo.com> wrote: 

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I am trying to figure out just exactly what the Death Eaters
symbolize. There are a lot of suggestions about nazism...though it has
also been suggested that they are more of a radical group- for their
actions (at least from what I deducted in the beginning of book 6)
have quite a bit of anarchy about them...yet the ideals (the
whole "pure blood", old money begotten through birthright and
inheritance, a look to traditions)are very right wing...they were
oppressed by the muggles, and decided to turn the tables around and be
the oppressors themselves...it almost sounds like right wing
anarchism...any thoughts on this...from a political perspective???

Marion here -
I don't think "old money" has anything to do with it - to me it's always been more of an ethnic cleansing type thing.  Nazis, KKK, etc.  In fact, the hoods they wore at the Quidditch World Cup were very reminiscent of the KKK.  And weren't they carrying torches, too (or am I thinking of something else?).  The dark mark on their arms is reminiscent of the marks the Nazi's tattooed on Jews.  (And there are Biblical allusions here, too, I assume -- the mark of the beast, not to mention the whole snake/Satan thing).  

Marion, a newbie who doesn't understand how you all are able to remember such minute details!